Wheelwright-machine.



No. 668,644. Patented Feb. 26, 190i.

. W. J. HUTSON.

WHEEL-WRIGHT MACHINE.

(Applicatidn fil'ed Oct. 8, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

WASHINGTON J. HUTSON, OF FLATWOODS, TENNESSEE.

WHEELWRIGHT-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 668,644, datedFebruary 26, 1901.

Application filed October 8, 1900. Serial No. 32,390. (No model.)

.77 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WASHINGTON J .HUT- SON, a citizen of the 'UnitedStates, residing at Flatwoods, in the county of Wayne and State ofTennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in WheelwrightMachines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same.

This invention relates to such machinery as may be used by thewheelwright in making wagon and carriage wheels. Hubs mortised forspokes and bored for boxes, spokes turned and tenoned to fit the hub,and rims bent half-round or segmental fellies are now common articles ofmerchandise sold by general carriage-furnishing stores; and the objectof this invention is to aid the wheelwright to hold the hub whiledriving the spokes into it and to guide the spokes to enter at the anglethat will give proper dish to the wheel, to bore the rim-tenons on auniform plane, to hold the rim while boring the spoke-tenon holes in it,and to hold axles and various other portions of a wagon while boring formortises or bolts.

To this end my invention consists in the construction and combination ofparts forming a wheelwright-machine hereinafter described and claimed,reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure I is aside elevation of a wheelwright-machine according to my invention,showing a portion of a wheel in the process Fig. II is a top View of themachine. Fig. III represents the rest-block and hollow auger in endview.

Numeral represents a wooden bench,

6 is a forked rest firmly secured to the bench to support the hub of awheel to be worked upon, the larger end of the hub resting on the benchand its band resting sidewise in the forked rest.

7 is a forked clamping-jaw having a long slotted shank 9 to receive oneor more bolts 8, that fasten it to the bench 5.

10 is a spoke-rest. It is a screw-bolt passing through the slot in shank9 and having two nuts 11 12, the one above and the other below the shankto bind it firmly thereto.

13 is a spindle mounted to rotate and to slide longitudinally inbearings 14 of a yoke 15, whose body 16 is fitted to slide up and downin guideways 17. v

18 is a long screw mounted in the body 16 and threaded through theguideway 17 and provided with a crank 19, whereby it may be turned toraise or lower the yoke and the spindle 13, mounted therein.

20 is a binding-screw with a crank-handle for holding the yoke-bodyfirmly at any point of its elevation. The spindle 13 is provided with asocket-head 21 and binding-screw 22 for holding a hollow auger 23 orother bits or tools, and with a crank 24, whereby it may be rotated towork by hand.

25 is a collar adjustably secured upon the spindle 13 by means of abinding-screw 26.

27 is a yoke straddling the collar 25, and

28 is a forked lever straddling the spindle and connected above andbelow with the yoke by pitmen 29.

30 is a rest-block secured upon the bench by a bolt 31 and supportingtwo upright bars 32, that are joined at the top to serve as a bearingfor the binding-screw 33.

34 is a bolt passing down through a short slot in the bench and providedwith a handnut 35 and a strap-block 36 for securing hubs upon the bench.

In operation a wheel-hub is to be placed on the bolt 34:, then thestrap-block 36, and then the nut 25 is placed on the bolt, and the nutis to be turned down easily. Now rap on the end of the shank 9 until thehub is driven closely between the forks 7 and 6 and then bind the shank9 by the bolts 8 and the bolt 3 1 by the nut 35 until the hub is rigidlyheld. Now place a spoke, with its tenon, in a mortise in the hub and itsbody on the rest 10, then raise or lower the rest until the spokeinclines at the proper angle with the axis of the hub to give thedesired dish to the wheel, and fasten the rest by means of nuts 11 and12. Then proceed to drive the spokes one after another, thus guided bythe spoke-rest, turning the hub to bring another mortise in line aftereach spoke is driven, first loosening the binding-bolt 34:, that holdsthe hub. When the spokes are all driven, the wheel may be rotated in theforks 6 7 and be marked relatively to the rest and then be sawed ofi atthe mark, making them all of one length, so that the wheel will be roundwhen complete.

The rest 10 may be set along the slot in shank 9 to suit wheels ofdifferent diameters. Now raise the spindle 13 to the required level bymeans of screw 18 and bind its support firmly by the screw 20. Now witha hollow auger 23 in the socket 22 proceed to bore tenons on the ends ofthe spokes, bring them to place one at a time, and turn the spindle bymeans of crank 24, while pressing it forward with the level-28. When thetenons are done on the ends of the spokes, a rim or fellies may bedriven thereon to complete the filling or making up of the wheel. To usethe rest-block 30, place across it and against the uprights 32 the axleor other piece that is to be bored, loosen the bolt 31 and turn theblock on the bench to the angle required for the hole, place in thesocket 21 the boringbit, and then by means of screws 18 and 20 set thespindle to the right height and fix it there. Now the boring may beaccurately done by working the crank 24 and lever 28, as beforedescribed, the axle being held by the work-binding screw 33. Theuprights 32 are so far apart as not to interfere with wheelwork, thehollow anger advancing freely between them.

With com mon workmans tact this machine may be used for a great manypurposes not above enumerated, and it has the advantage of suchconstruction that nearly all its parts may be made and set up by ablacksmith. It is simple and inexpensive.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I believe to be new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following:

In wheelwright-machines, a bench having a slot vertically through it; aforked rest secured at one end of the slot and another forked resthaving a slotted shank at the other end of the slot in the bench; one ormore binding-bolts in the bench for the said shank; a spoke-restconsistingof a bolt passing through the slot in the shank, and screwnutson the bolt above and below the shank; and a bolt with a screw-nut andstrap for the slot in the bench, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WASHINGTON J. HUTSON.

Witnesses:

J. A. KING, E. S. CHAPPELL.

